Submissions

Author Guidelines

Send manuscript and evidence of payment of APC to cjpas@fulokoja.edu.ng or cjpasful@gmail.com

Authors are invited to make a submission to this journal. All submissions will be assessed by an editor to determine whether they meet the aims and scope of this journal. 

Guidelines for manuscript submission by authors

	Title page
1	The title should be specific, descriptive, concise and comprehensible to readers outside the field. The length should not exceed 250 characters
2	Authors Details
3	All authors’ names listed (Surname, middle and first name) e.g., Badaki, J.A. Onuh, C.I, Apevergha, P.T. and Shitta, K.B
4	Affiliation of authors provided. Where there are multiple authors from different institutions, use superscript numbers1 to differentiate authors’ affiliations.
5	Asterisk (*) the corresponding author(s) and provide his/her email and telephone number
6	Abstract Section
7	Abstract words are limited to not more than three hundred (300) words. Conceptually structure the abstract into introduction, methods, key finding, conclusion/significance. However the Abstract should be written as a single paragraph without these headers. Avoid specialists abbreviations and citations in abstract.
8	Keywords: Provide at least five keywords which can be used for indexing purposes
9	Main text
10	The main text word limit is not more than seven thousand (7000) words.
11	Structure the main text into an Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, Discussion and Conclusion
12	Placed all Tables and Figures within the main text where they should appear in the published form
13	Provide a Section on Declarations at the end of the main text before the Reference section: (1)    Ethics Approval and Informed Consent (if applicable) (2)    Authors’ contributions (see example below) (3)    Disclosure of conflict of interest (4)    Disclosure of Funding source(s)
14	References citation in Manuscript: Two formats are acceptable by the editorial team. Parenthetical- surname of author and publication year appear in parenthesis. For instance, (Badaki, 2024). Narrative- the author appears in the running text and year of publication appears in parentheses immediately after the author’s name. See details below
15	Reference Listing: The listed references should be in alphabetical order without numbering following APA style containing the Surname and Initial of the authors, year of publication, title, full name of journal, volume(optional), and page number.  Two or more papers by the same author in the same year should be distinguished by a suffix (a, b, etc.) to the year of publication. The journal title must be written in full in the reference list. (see the example provided).
16	Use United Kingdom English (not US English) in writing your manuscript. Check your Word editor language
17	The font is Times New Roman (12 pt)
18	A cover letter to the Editor should be submitted with the manuscript (see an example of a cover letter)
19	*Pay N15000 Article Processing Fee (APC) paid to Confluence Journal of Pure and Applied Sciences at WEMA Bank. Account Number: 0420419356.
20	Send manuscript and evidence of payment of APC to cjpas@fulokoja.edu.ng or cjpasful@gmail.com

In Text Formating

• Use only standard fonts: 12-point Times New Roman for text,
• Symbol for Greek symbols, MathematicalPi2 for handwritten and gothic symbols.
• Use tab stops or other commands for indents, not the space bar.
• Do not end a line by pressing Enter unless this is the end of a paragraph.
• Make full use of your text editor functions: creation of footnotes, enabling and disabling automatic hyphenation, list formatting, indents, etc. Do not use field functions. - Use the table function, not spreadsheets, to make tables. Avoid creating tables by hand using multiple spaces or tabs and containing no cells.
• Use the International System of Units (SI) for physical quantities and units of measure, and IUPAC nomenclature for chemical compounds.
• Use periods rather than commas in decimals (correct: 0.25, incorrect: 0,25).
• Symbols *, ‘, ±, single Greek letters, single italic or boldface characters, single variables or variables with either superscript or subscript letters, units of measure, numbers, and simple mathematical or chemical formulas (e.g., a2 + b2 = c2 ; H2SO4) should be typeset as text rather than embedded objects. Do not use Equation, MathType or other tools.
• Dates should be rendered in the following format: January 31, 2025.
• Italicize scientific names, variables and physical quantities
• Save your file in docx format (Word 2016 or higher versions)

In-text Citation styles

Author type	Parenthetical	Narrative
One author	(Badaki, 2025)	Badaki (2025)
Two authors	(Badaki and Dauda, 2025)	Badaki and Dauda (2025)
Three or more authors	(Badaki et al., 2025)	Badaki et al., (2025)
Group Author with Abbreviation	(Center for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], 2025)	Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC, 2025)
First citation
Subsequent citation	(CDC, 2025)	CDC (2025)

Authorship

All authors must meet the criteria for authorship as outlined in our authorship policy and their specific contributions mentioned. Those who made contribution to the research but who do not meet the criteria for authorship can be listed in the acknowledgements. Exclude anyone who has chosen not to be associated with the research.

Authorship Policy

In accordance to COPE guidelines, mere collection of data or any other routine work does not qualify for authorship. Criteria for authorship includes:

1. Substantive contribution to one or more of the following:

conception/research design, data collection, data analysis, interpretation of data, drafting or revising the article

1. Approved the submitted version of the article
2. Agrees to be personally accountable for the author’s own contribution and to ensure that questions relating to research integrity or accuracy of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved

Authors’ agreement

All authors listed in an article will be contacted by email to ensure that they are aware of and approve the content of the manuscript and its authorship.

Samples

Declarations of Authors Contribution

JAB and GOA conceptualized the study. JAB, GOA, BMD, and KSB designed the study. KSB, CIO, GOA and POS participated in fieldwork and data collection. KSB, POS and CIO performed the data analysis; JAB, GOA, BMD and KSB interpreted the data. KSB prepared the first draft of the manuscript, reviewed by JAB, GOA and BMD. All authors contributed to the development of the final manuscript and approved its submission.

Conflict of Interest

Example 1:

None

Example 2:

JAB and GOA are funded by Welcome Trust. However, the funder has not influenced the results or decision to publish.

Ethics Approval and Informed Consent

Example 1:

Ethical approval for this study was obtained from the ethical review board of the ………………. with reference number---------. All participants were duly informed of the objectives of the study and the protocol for sample collection. All participants signed an informed consent form were signed. Participation was voluntary.

 Example 2:

This study did not involve human or animal subjects. Therefore, ethical consideration was not applicable.

Example 3:

Data used for this study were obtained secondarily for public databases, without participants' identifier information. Therefore, informed consent was not applicable.

Funding

Example 1:

The study received financial support from the ……………………………through grant no………..

Example 2:

The study did not receive any external funding

Reference Listing format (APA format, 7^th edition)

Journal (Surname and initials of all authors)

1. Kotepui, M., Wilairatana, P., Mala, W., Kotepui, K.U. Masangkay, F. R. & Wangdi, K. (2023). Effects of daily zinc alone or in combination with other nutrient supplements on the risk of malaria parasitaemia: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials. Nutrients. 15: 2855. Retrieved from https:// Doi.Org/10.3390/Nu15132855.
2. Ebohon, O., Irabor, F. & Omoregie, E. S. (2021). Ascorbic acid co-administration with artesunate–amodiaquine, up‑regulated antioxidant enzymes gene expression in bone marrow cells and elicited biochemical changes in Plasmodium berghei‑infected mice, Springer Nature Applied Science 3:6. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42452-020-04063-5.
3. Ekeh, F. N., Ekechukwu, N. E., Chukwuma, C. F., Ifeanyi, A. , Chike, E. O. & Stanley, N. O. (2019). Mixed vitamin C and zinc diet supplements co-administered with artemether drug improved haematological profile and survival of mice infected with Plasmodium berghei. Food Science and Human Wellness 8: 275–282.

Books

1. World Health Organization (2021). WHO guideline on control and elimination of human schistosomiasis. Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization.
2. Chapman, J., Goyal, A. & Azevedo, A. M. (2023). Splenomegaly. StatPearls Publishing. PMID: 28613657.

Chapters in Books:

Rolf, F. and Burston, A. (2020). Safety. In A. Berman, G. Frandsen, S. Synder, T. Levett-Jones, A. Burston, T. Dwyer, M. Hales, N. Harvey, T. langtre, L. Moxham,F. Rolf, K. Reid-Searl and D. Stanley (Eds), Kozier and Erb’s Fundamentals of nursing (5^th Australian ed. Pp.2696-2833). Pearson.

Web resources and online publications

Medicines for Malaria Veture (2024) Malaria facts and Statistics. https://mmv.org/malaria/about-malaria/malaria-facts-statistics (accessed 2 February 2025)

Sample of Author Cover Letter

1^st February 2025

The Editor-in-Chief

Confluence Journal of Applied and Pure Sciences

Faculty of Science,

Federal University Lokoja.

Dear Ma,

SUBMISSION OF MANUSCRIPT FOR PUBLICATION

We are pleased to submit for your review and consideration for publication our original research/review/short communication titled: " Bioactivity of Anopheles Mosquito Exposed to Ocimum gratissimum Formulated Candles in the Confluence Journal of Pure and Applied Sciences (CJPAS). The study was designed to test the potential of candles formulated with extracts of Ocimum gratissimum; an abundant indigenous plant in repelling mosquitoes. The findings reported here show very promising efficacy of the plant based candles in repelling mosquitoes in the study area. We are hopeful that the findings would be interesting to readers of CJPAS and the scientific community. The manuscript has not been published nor would it be submitted for publication elsewhere if it is under consideration by CJPAS. We the authors declare no conflict of interest about this manuscript. All authors declared that they have participated in the study and concur with the submission and subsequent revisions of the manuscript.

Yours sincerely,

 

Name of corresponding author

Address

Phone number and Email